Trees & Plants

Button sedge

Kunahui

Fimbristylis cymosa R. Br.

Occasional along the marshy areas Used as a ground cover in some countries. Also used as a turf, green manure and fodder for cattle. The roots are given for dysentery in traditional medicine in India. Th reat: The plant is reported as a weed in some agricultural environments such

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uses: Used as a ground cover in some countries. Also used as a turf, green manure and fodder for cattle. The roots are given for dysentery in traditional medicine in India. Th reat: The plant is reported as a weed in some agricultural environments such as in taro, sweet potato and rice fields. LAPANAJUS
family: Cyperaceae
synonym: Scirpus strictus Roxb.
description: Perennial herbs, forming tight tufts. Leaves less than half stem length; sheaths 1-2.5 cm, pale brown; blades 1-1.5 mm wide, stiff , frequently falcate, margins barbed towards apex. Inflorescence compact or diffuse with elongate peduncles, of 10 or more solitary spikes, or, in compact inflorescences, spikes sessile and clustered; bracts usually short, margins scabrous; branches compressed, × triangular to terete. Spikes 2-5 1-2.5 mm, ovoid, more or less terete, greyish brown to brown; rachis articulate, castaneous brown, with prominent brown or colourless wings. Stamens 2; anthers with small basal lobes; style brown; stigmas 2 or 3, ciliate. Nut ovoid, lenticular, slightly rugulose, dark brown.
native range: Africa, Asia, Europe, America, Australia and the Pacific Islands
distribution: In the tropics and subtropics
english names: Button sedge
flowering fruiting: October - February
occurrence maldives: Occasional along the marshy areas